From Proto-Finnic *kaima (compare Estonian kaim, Proto-Samic *kuojmē), borrowed from Proto-Baltic (compare Lithuanian káimas, Latvian ciems). Northern Sami gaiˈbmât (“to adapt to a companion, to enjoy company”), from Proto-Samic *kājmē, is a later borrowing from Finnic.
kaima
| Inflection of kaima (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kaima | kaimat | ||
| genitive | kaiman | kaimojen | ||
| partitive | kaimaa | kaimoja | ||
| illative | kaimaan | kaimoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | kaima | kaimat | ||
| accusative | nom. | kaima | kaimat | |
| gen. | kaiman | |||
| genitive | kaiman | kaimojen kaimainrare | ||
| partitive | kaimaa | kaimoja | ||
| inessive | kaimassa | kaimoissa | ||
| elative | kaimasta | kaimoista | ||
| illative | kaimaan | kaimoihin | ||
| adessive | kaimalla | kaimoilla | ||
| ablative | kaimalta | kaimoilta | ||
| allative | kaimalle | kaimoille | ||
| essive | kaimana | kaimoina | ||
| translative | kaimaksi | kaimoiksi | ||
| abessive | kaimatta | kaimoitta | ||
| instructive | — | kaimoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||